The Republican journal., 1887-12-01
Literary News and Notes.

The students of the International Sunday
School Lessons will find In the December
Century a timely article on 1.-The Sea of Cali
lee" with numerous illustrations from Mr..
Wilson's photographs.
Monometaism, bimctallsm. and trmetall-
ism will be discussed by the Hon. David A.
Wells. under the title of Changes in the Rela-
tive Values of the Precious Mctai@.' in the De
cembcr number Of The Popular Science Month
ly
The leading article in the Thanksgiving
number Of the Ouths Companion is from the
pen Of Holman ID. Waltlron. chief clerk in the
passenger department of the Maine Central
Railroad. under tie non lc plume of ''W. ID.
Holman"
The Popular Science Monthly for December
will contain articles by Professor Huxley,
Grant Allen, and the Duke of Argyll: and an
interesting bit of autobiography, entitled ''Thc
Boyhood of Darwin" from the forthcoming
Life and Letters of the great naturalist.
In the December Century, the authors of the
"Lifc of Lincoln will fully describe Mr.. Lin
coins passage from Springfield to Washington,
and tell for the first time all the reasons for his
secret night journey to the capital. In the same
number they will print the full text of the first
inaugural with all of Stewards suggestions,
whether adopted or not by the President. A
part of the message will be given in fac-simile.
A most clever bit of dialogue is give O'clock
Tea" 10y William ID. lIowells. in the Christmas
Number Of Harper's Magazine. It'll kind of
thing which this popular writer is almost pre-
ternaturaliy bright in doing. The scene of the
farce is supposed to ante,iate the similar piece
of writing. 1.-The Mo,,sc-Trap,' which so
amused every one who read the IIarper's for
December, 1856.
Miss Frances Il. willard. President Of the
National Womens Christian Temperance I'm
ion, the fourteenth annual meeting of which is
was rccentyin session at Nashville, Tenn. has
written Il narrative of the rise and an cNpana-
ton of the purpose of this organization. which
is by far the largest society of women ever
formed. 1t has membership of 100000, TAX
ing III almost every State and Territory and
most foreign countries. The essay will he pub
liShed in the Forum for December.
It j. a popularity of IIarrers Magazine for
December that it contains 40 continued stories
1t i 4 volume complete in itself. The short
stories and sketches are exceptionally GOOD.
however ''lnia' j. an almost painfully. real
istic tale ''y Annette Riyes. "Aunc Laurie" is
pleasing hit of fiction bv Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps. with four Illustrations by Reiuhart.
Captain Santa Claus is by Captain King !;
"Craddock's IIeiGesi" i, ty Frances Coirtenay
Baylor: and delightful sketch Of "lIiS DAY
in Court is by Charles Ebert Craddoek.
Mr. Murat lIalstead. editor of the Cincinnati
Comlnercial-iia zettc. has written nm essay in
wbic,, he taln,latrS thc wl,tr and roloreI vote
in The Sort,iern state, by conuressionaI dix.
trict, ard l;y states. in suni ort OF the nropos-
ton tlat the Democratic PARTY n the South
has nullcd Tie war amend neuts to the Con-
stitution. lie declares ,hat t',c Great nn]tiral
issue next wear is not merely wIc,her thn
Democratic Marty shall retain control of tbo